What affects us affects cats
The infographic below explains what I mean in the title. I see a lot of online news media writers in particular getting this entirely wrong. They impliedly criticise the domestic cat for sleeping 18 hours a day which indicates slothfulness and indolence. You’ll also see it on social media and the big forum websites …
You will see a lot on the Internet about domestic cats sleeping for very long periods of time throughout the day and sometimes the night. The authors of these articles give us the impression that domestic cats sleep for much longer periods of time than humans. I believe this is misleading because cats nap …
The Andean mountain cat is quite well known nowadays thanks to the Internet but scientifically speaking there’s more to know about this small wild cat species that looks a little like a domestic tabby cat. They live, as the name implies, in the high plains of the Andean Mountains where it is bitterly cold …
I am running two campaigns at the moment and they overlap. One is to promote domestic cat happiness. Sounds childish almost but it’s not. It’s about remembering our responsibilities towards our cat companions. After providing security, warmth and sustenance it is down to cat caregivers to make their cat happy! Of course, the owner …
If you have a television ‘set top box’ of some sort such as, in the UK, a Sky satellite receiver, you will notice that it emits quite a lot of heat on standby and most people leave these sorts of devices on standby out of convenience. You can turn them off to save a …
The answer to the question in the title looks as if it is common sense but before I discuss it, it should be said that not all cats circle all the time when settling down to snooze or sleep. They tend to fiddle around a bit when they could more efficiently just plonk down. …
Tormented or about to fall asleep! The picture does give the impression that he is really troubled with a challenging, profound and philosophical question. Tormented. But I don’t think so. It is just that the picture is liked a lot on Twitter. It must have tugged at the heart strings of Twitter followers. Here …
I’m sure that you can answer the question without much thought. Common sense dictates that feral cats do not sleep as much as domestic cats. The reason: they have to survive on their wits. They have to be alert. They have to find their food (non-TNR cats!). There is less time to relax and …
